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From Oracle FAQ
1(67('7$%/( is an Oracle data type used to support columns containing multivalued attributes, in this
case, columns that can hold an entire sub-table.
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Create a table with NESTED TABLE column:
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE my_tab_t AS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(30);
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CREATE TABLE nested_table (id NUMBER, col1 my_tab_t)
NESTED TABLE col1 STORE AS col1_tab;
Insert data into table:
INSERT INTO nested_table VALUES (1, my_tab_t('A'));
INSERT INTO nested_table VALUES (2, my_tab_t('B', 'C'));
INSERT INTO nested_table VALUES (3, my_tab_t('D', 'E', 'F'));
COMMIT;
Select Irom nested table:
SQL> SELECT * FROM nested_table;
ID COL1
---------- ------------------------
1 MY_TAB_T('A')
2 MY_TAB_T('B', 'C')
3 MY_TAB_T('D', 'E', 'F')
Unnesting the subtable:
SQL> SELECT id, COLUMN_VALUE FROM nested_table t1, TABLE(t1.col1) t2;
ID COLUMN_VALUE
---------- ------------------------
1 A
2 B
2 C
3 D
3 E
3 F
6 rows selected.
A more complicated multi-column nested table where customers can have multiple addresses:
CREATE TYPE address_t AS OBJECT (
street VARCHAR2(30),
city VARCHAR2(20),
state CHAR(2),
zip CHAR(5) );
/
CREATE TYPE address_tab IS TABLE OF address_t;
/
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CREATE TABLE customers (
custid NUMBER,
address address_tab )
NESTED TABLE address STORE AS customer_addresses;
INSERT INTO customers VALUES (1,
address_tab(
address_t('101 First', 'Redwood Shores', 'CA', '94065'),
address_t('123 Maple', 'Mill Valley', 'CA', '90952')
) );
Monitor
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